Garment-hanger.



No. 83l,317. H V v PATBNTED SEPT. 18, 1906. M. W. ALLOWAY.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICA'IION FILED FEB. 13. 1906.

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' neck or yoke of an evening waist.

1 are bent downwardly to the extremities 4, I

MARY \VILSON ALLOW'AY, OF MOI'TREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed February 13.1906. Serial No. 300,860.

To all 11:71.01, it 12111, concern:

Be it known that I, Mam WILsoX ALLO- \VAY, of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Ilangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

My invention relates to garment-hangers, and is particularly adapted for supporting ladies evening wear in such a manner that the garments will not become crushed or creased. I

The device consists, essentially, of a frame of spring-wire or other suitable. material having an upper bar provided with one or more shoulders on each side of the center adapted to retain the yoke of an evening waist orsimilar garment. The lower part of the frame is se )arable at the center, and the bars on each side are provided with a plurality of steps or shoulders adapted to hold the waistbands of skirts of various sizes in an extended position. A double hook is adapted at one end to secure the lower members in position and at the other end to support the garmenthanger from a suitable rod.

In the drawings which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, showing a waist and skirt suspended therefrom in dotted outline. Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fi 1 showin the lower members unlocked for removing garments therefrom. Fig. 3 1s a perspective view of one end of the device and shows the relation of the various parts. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bottom of the device.

Referring to the parts, 1 designates a pair of wires of spring-steel or other suitable ma tcrial, forming the upper bars of the frame.

These bars are approximately parallel, but

are separated at the center by means of the twisted wire 2, formed integral with the bars 1. The member 2 besides'serving to separate the bars and give rigidity thereto is ada ted to act as a spindle, upon which the hoo for hanging the frame is supported. At a suitable distance on each side of the center the bars 1 are bent upwardly to form the shoulders 3, which are adapted to retain the The bars which are slightly pointed, and are then bent backwardly to form the lower members 5, being twist-ed at 6 in order to strengthen the frame. The lower members 5 are provided with a pluralit of steps 7, positioned symmetrically on each side of the center, which steps are adapted to n tam the hangers attached to the waistbands of skirts of various sizes. The free extremities of the lower me abers 5 are formed with loops or eyes S and further strengthened by being twisted together atfl. In the normal position of the frame the loops 8 lie close together in the same plane, so that various garments may be inserted between them or removed therefrom, a suitable double hook having one end engaging the loops 8, and the opposite end, engaging a rod, nail, or other means of support, is loosely mounted upon the spindle 2.

In the preferred form of the device the hook is formed by doubling a piece of wire in the center to form one extremity of the hook, as shown at 10. then bending the wire to form the hook 11, separating the wires at 12 to pass round the central spindle 2, then twisting the wire on each side of the spindle, as shown at 13, and bending the opposite ends into the hook 14.

The waist 15 (shown in dotted lines) and the skirt 16 (also shown in dotted lines) illustrate the method of attaching and supporting garments.

It will be obvious that by turning the hook on the spindle. as shown in Fig. 2, the lower members 5 will be detached from the hook and separated to allow the removal or insertion of skirts. When the skirt is adjusted in position, the loops may again be brought into engagement with the hook 11. The pointed extremities 4 will be adapted to be'inserted in the sleeves of a waist, the neck of which will be retained by the shoulders 3. One or more of these shoulders may be provided for waists of various sizes.

The bars 1 of the upper member being separated at the center, it will be obvious that the supporting-hook can be released at any time b revolving on the spindle 2.

'hi e the device is particularly adapted for hanging such garments as waists and skirts, it is also adapted'to support such articles as coats and mantles.

Having thus described my invention, so that the same may' be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A garment-hanger comprising an upper member having projecting shoulders adapted support the yoke of a waist, a lower memseparable at the center, and a reversible hook having one end adapted to engage the separable bottom member, and the opposite end adapted to support the hanger in position.

2. A garment-hanger comprising an upper member consisting of approximately parallel wires, a transverse member separating said wires at the center, projecting shoulders on each side of said transverse member, a air of lower bars having loops rmed at t ieir abutting ends, a supporting-hook pivot-ed on said transverse member, and having one end adapted to engage the loops of said lower member.

3. A garment-hanger consisting of two parallel strands of spring material a transverse arm separating said strands at the center, said material being shouldered on each side of the center, bent downwardly to a point, and turned inwardly in a horizontal direction to form two lower abutting members, said lower members having steps or shoulders on each side of the center and ending in loops, and a double hook pivoted on said transverse arm, adapted at one end to engage the loops of said bottom members, and at the other end to support the hanger in osition.

n witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of two witnesses.

MAR-Y WILSON' XLLOW'AX. Witnesses:

Ponxrxe LA RUE GRAFF,

' GEO. W; GRAFF. 

